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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Does RTÉ go out to public tender for-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: No. I am assuming when RTÉ has an idea for a show, it may go to an agent and see what list the agent has.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Lastly, RTÉ has a tarnished record when it comes to employment law, particularly bogus self-employment. What is the justification for treating workers as companies when they provide their labour, are under the control and direction of RTÉ, work exclusively for RTÉ, and meet all the criteria of an employee? What is the justification for treating these people as companies?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I do not know what Mr. Lynch means by "Scope".

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Culture Policy (27 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Nightlife and the night-time economy remain under severe threat in our towns and cities and, by the looks of it, the Government is dragging its feet on reform. Rising property costs, rip-off insurance, extortionate licensing fees and archaic licensing are crippling businesses and cultural activity. I call on the Government to reform licensing laws immediately and implement the raft of more...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Culture Policy (27 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister of State and welcome the commitment to publish a Bill and introduce it to the Oireachtas this year. I plead with the Government to include this Bill on the autumn schedule so that it can be on the books before the end of the year because a pattern of behaviour of delay when dealing with this industry is all too common. I welcome the Minister of State's commitment and...

Seanad: Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: It is almost a year since Sinn Féin's Private Members' motion in the Seanad that sought to save the night-time economy. I know the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, was on maternity leave but I wonder what the Minister, Deputy Harris, was doing. The general scheme of the sale of alcohol Bill 2022 was published in October and there is still a good bit to be resolved. By the sounds...

Seanad: Cybersecurity and Data Protection: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This is a very broad topic. I will focus on a couple of areas that I have recently brought up on the Order of Business. The first is the procurement of facial recognition technology by the Government. The State is going to begin the procurement of body cameras that make use of facial recognition software despite there currently being no...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the witnesses for their very enlightening presentation. I am conscious they are addressing an all-male committee today, apart from the Cathaoirleach. Deputy O'Sullivan touched on the point I was going to talk about. The witnesses said that 80% of respondents would not talk to their coach about their cycle or their period. Do they have any detail around the gender of the coaches in...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Yes. I am conscious that in any of the reports that have been done, students are always unanimous about the importance of sex education and relationships and sexuality education, RSE, in schools, and are aware of the shortfalls that exist in that area of education in Irish schools. Did RSE come up on the periphery of the students' research? The unwillingness of first year students to talk...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the witnesses for their work, which is brilliant. I thank them for coming here and briefing the committee on it.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I am going to record this.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I also thank the witnesses. I must declare an interest. My experience of playing with an LGBT sports club as opposed to an ordinary club is that we are free to be ourselves. We are more likely to go to the clubs and bars we normally go to with our team mates rather than having separate nights out. In any city around the world we can probably find an LGBT sports...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I want to talk about the public services card. The Department of Social Protection has been building a biometric photo and template database of 3.2 million people. There is no legal basis for collecting these data in exchange for services people are legally entitled to. Through a freedom of information request, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, and Digital Rights Ireland have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I welcome the inclusion of data protection statements next week. This is something that Sinn Féin and others have called for in this House and it is long overdue. In July last year, the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, made a commitment to appoint two additional data protection commissioners. These posts have still not been advertised, let alone filled. We were told by the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (15 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I thank Dr. Muldoon and his team for their work, as ever. Dr. Muldoon has spoken about staffing issues previously. He has also spoken today about the increased remit of his office in terms of its monitoring of the implementation of the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual, and Gender-Based Violence and the actions around that. Have the witnesses further comment to make on the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (15 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Dr. Muldoon spoke of giving more attention to special measures needed to mitigate the disproportionate impact decisions can have on particular groups of children, including in emergency situations. Is that in reference to emergency accommodation, the housing situation or children in homelessness? Any comment on that area would be welcome and appreciated.

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (15 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: Those are two issues I can bring to our work plan in terms of advocating for the resources to be delivered to the Ombudsman as soon as possible for what it is worth. We will do whatever we can to get the resources and look at the dependant-versus-children piece.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I wish to be associated with the Cathaoirleach's remarks and extend my sympathy to the family of Paul Coghlan. It was a pleasure to work with him in the previous Seanad term from 2016. The European institutions are working on a directive that will affect the rights of millions of platform workers, including those who drive for Uber and Deliveroo. Yesterday the European Council watered down...